Jessica Ivins on the Lobster Effect

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Jessica Ivins is an instructor at Center Center, the UX Design School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She's loved unicorns since she was a small child long before they were hipster cool. Jessica: "I love reading and sharing my love of design with other people" Before we get to it, could you leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show? It really does help keep this show in a good ranking.

Jessica Ivins schools us on the critical value of a growth mindset in UX Design. She teaches us how to learn how to learn. She enlightens us as to why it’s always better to generalize before specializing. She reminds us introverts that we can only truly succeed by extroverting. She also reveals how the best tool recommendations can only come when it’s clear what one is trying to learn.

Personal Passions (5:18)
Origin Story (6:28)
Biggest Failure (12:52)
Introvert or Extrovert (17:10)
Awkward Testing Story (18:30)
Design Superpower (24:46)
Design Kryptonite (31:14)
Secret Identity (33:09)
Fights for Users (34:41)
Habit of Success (35:27)
Best Tips (37:15)
Invincible Resource (42:10)
Generalize Vs Specialize (44:18)
Recommended Book (47:36)
Your Why (51:57)
Best Advice (53:13)

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